Sulky



(No Model.)

s. P. SOUTHABDV SULKY.

No. 405,856.. Patented June 25, 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN P. SOUTI-IARD, OF GENEVA, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO C. C. POST, OF SAME PLACE, AND HANNAH SOUTHARD, OF XVATERLOO, NE\V YORK.

* SUL'KY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,856, dated June 25, 1889.

Application filed November 19, 1888. Serial No. 291,290. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN P. SOUTHARD, of Geneva, in the county of Ontario, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sulkies, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel construction of a sulky in which superior rigidity is combined with minimum weight of the vehicle, the components of said sulky being so constructed and combined as to effectually brace the same, as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of my improved sulky. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line was, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached inverted plan View of the braces which stiffen the thill and prevent the axle-truss from being bent or deflected rearward or forward at its center by lateral strain exerted on the thills. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached perspective views of the interlocking parts of the metallic axle and one of the aforesaid braces; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on liney y, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In my present invention I use a wooden axle-truss A, with short metallic axles or axlearms A A secured thereto, in some respects similar to the sulky shown in my prior patent of October 7, 1884, No. 306,359. In the use of sulkies constructed according to said prior patent I discovered that the axle-truss became sometimes bent or deflected rearward or forward at the center and thus threw the wheels out of true tracking position when the thills were subjected to lateral strain.

One of the chief objects of my present invention is to overcome the aforesaid defect, and to that end I resort to the following construction and combination of parts.

The thills T T are mounted directly on the axle-truss A and firmly bolted thereto and extend rearward therefrom, and the rear ends of said thills I unite by a cross-bar D, rigidly secured at its ends to the aforesaid ends of the thills. To each end portion of the axle-truss I rigidly attach a lateral brace consisting of two arms f f, formed in one piece, with an intermediate clip-tie f, which latter lies across the under side of the end portion of the axle-truss, 5 5

and is fastened by a clip g, embracing the said portion of the axle-truss. One of the arms f extends forward from the axle-truss and has its extremity firmly fastened to the thill, and

the other arm f extends rearward from the axle-truss and has its extremity lying across the joint of the thill'and cross-bar D and rigidly attached to the adjacent portions of said parts.

B B represent braces, which are extended axle-truss, and lapping onto the latter end of said rail and firmly secured thereto is a metallic extension I), which is fastened to the under side of the axle-truss and has its rear end firmly attached to the cross-bar D. In

order to obtain a more secure hold for the brace B on the axle-truss, Iform the inner end of the metallic axle-arm A with a mortise a extending across the same and midway the depth thereof, and the metallic brace-extension 1) I form with a mortise c and seat it with the mortised portion thereof in the mortise a, and thus cause the said parts to be effectually interlocked with each other, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The interlocked portions of the brace-exten- 9o sion 1) and metallic axle-arm A are conjointly fastened to the wooden axle-truss by a clip h, embracing the lower rail of said truss and having its shanks passing through the member 19 and provided with nuts on the under 5 side thereof.

Z Z represent the stirrups on which the driver places his feet. Said stirrups I secure to the inner sides of the thills and outer sides of the wooden rails 19 of the braces B, and there- I00 Each of the 70 rearward therefrom, a cross-bar uniting the rear ends of the thills, braces attached to the axle-truss and having their front ends extending from each other and along theinner sides of the thills and secured with their front ends to the thills and at the rear ends with the aforesaid cross-bar, and stirrups secured to the innersides of the thills and outer sides of the aforesaid braces, substantially as de; scribed and shown.

2. In combination with the axle-truss, the thills mounted thereon and extending rearward therefrom, the cross-bar D, uniting the rear ends of the thills, and the braces B B,

at its front end to the inner side of one of the thills and abutting with its rear end against secured to the axle-truss and having its front end lapping onto and rigidly attached to the aforesaid wooden rail, and the rear end of said metallic extension secured to the cross-bar D, substantially as described and shown.

3. In combination with the axle-truss, the thills mounted thereon and extending rearward therefrom, the cross-bar D, uniting the rear ends of the thills, the metallic axle A, provided with the mortise a, and the brace B, having the metallic extension 5', provided with the mortise c, and seated with the mortised portion in the mortise a, and firmly secured to the axle-truss, substantially-as set forth and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 15th day of October, 1888.

STE PHEN P. SOUTH ARD.

WVitnesses:

O. H. DUELL, A. FJWALZ.

' the axle-truss, and the metallic extension 19, 

